The Night That Refused to End

One winter, a village experienced a night that stretched endlessly. The sun simply didn’t rise. Fear spread until a child lit a lantern and placed it on a hill. Others did the same until thousands of flames glittered across the valley like a second sky. On the seventh day, dawn returned, brighter than ever. Villagers learned that night didn’t linger to punish them—it lingered to show that their light could grow stronger than their fear.